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2020 Annual Report for WHO in Uganda WHO UGANDA COUNTRY OFFICE Annual Report 2020 II WHO UGANDA COUNTRY OFFICE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CORE FUNCTIONS • Articulating consistent, ethical, and evidence-based policy and advocacy positions. • Managing information, assess trends and compare performance of health systems; set the agenda for, and stimulate, research and development. • Catalyzing change through technical and policy support, in ways that stimulate action and help to build sustainable national capacity in the health sector. • Negotiating and sustaining national and global partnerships. • Setting, validating, monitoring, and pursuing the proper implementation of norms and standards. • Stimulating the development and testing of new technologies, tools and guidelines for disease control, risk reduction, health care management and service delivery. Annual Report 2020 III WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS • Continued focus on WHO’s leadership role in the provision of normative and policy guidance as well as strengthening partnerships and harmonization. • Supporting the strengthening of health systems based on the primary health care approach. • Putting the health of mothers and children first. • Accelerated actions on HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. • Intensifying the prevention and control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. • Accelerating response to the determinants of health. WHO’S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HEALTH, KEEP THE WORLD SAFE, AND SERVE THE VULNERABLE. IV WHO UGANDA COUNTRY OFFICE CONTENTS FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................................................. X 01 HEALTH SECURITY AND EMERGENCIES (WHE) CLUSTER ......................... 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 ACHIEVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 7 CHALLENGES .................................................................................................................................................. 23 LESSONS LEARNT ........................................................................................................................................ 24 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 24 02 HEALTH SYSTEMS (HSS) CLUSTER ..................................................................................... 27 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 27 ACHIEVEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 28 CHALLENGES .................................................................................................................................................. 34 LESSONS LEARNT ........................................................................................................................................ 35 WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................................................ 36 03 DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL (DPC) CLUSTER ...................... 39 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 39 ACHIEVEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 40 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 CHALLENGES .................................................................................................................................................. 51 LESSONS LEARNT ........................................................................................................................................ 52 WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................................................ 52 EDITORIAL TEAM 04 IMMUNIZATION VACCINE DEVELOPMENT (IVD) FAMILY Chairman AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (IVD/FRH) CLUSTER ....................................... 55 Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 55 Editor ACHIEVEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 56 Mr. Benjamin Sensasi CHALLENGES .................................................................................................................................................. 69 Members Dr. Annet Kisakye LESSONS LEARNT ........................................................................................................................................ 70 Dr. Perisic Darinka WAY FORWARD ............................................................................................................................................ 70 Dr. Bayo Fatunmbi Mr. Esayas Ande Mr. Innocent Komakech 05 WHO COUNTRY SUPPORT CLUSTER (CSU) ............................................................. 73 Layout and Design Allan Batte Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 73 Achievements ................................................................................................................................................. 73 Cover Photo Challenges ......................................................................................................................................................... 82 WHO/Uganda A WHO staff member educates community Lessons Learnt ............................................................................................................................................... 82 members about COVID-19. Way Forward .................................................................................................................................................... 83 Annual Report 2020 V 12 39 73 58 25 VI WHO UGANDA COUNTRY OFFICE ACRONYMS ADPG AIDS Development Partners Group EVD Ebola VIrus Disease AfDB African Development Bank FRH Family and Reproductive Health AFENET African Field Epidemiology Network GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and AFRO WHO Africa Regional Office Immunizations AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency GDP Gross Domestic Product Syndrome HBC Home-Based Care AMREF African Medical and Research HC III Health Centre III Foundation HDU High Dependence Unit ANC Antenatal Care HMIS Health Management Information API Application Programming Interface System ARCC African Regional Certification HRAPs Human Resource Action Plans Commission HSDP Health Sector Development Plan ART Anteretroviral Treatment HSS Health Systems BL Biosafety Level IAR Inter Action Review CBDS Community-Based Disease IATI International Aid Transparency Surveillance Initiative CCM Country Coordination Mechanism ICCM Integrated Community Case CEHS Continuity of Essential Health Services Management CERF Central Emergency Response Fund ICU Intensive Care Unit CFR Case Fatality Rate IDP Institutional Development Plan CHEWs Community Health Extension Workers IEC Information, Education and CMYP Costed Multi-Year Plan Communication CoD Cause of Death IEHK Interagency Emergency Health Kit CRVS Civil Registration and Vital Statistics IDSR Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response CRS Congenital Rubella Surveillance IICS Integrated Intelligent Computer CSOs Civil Society Organizations Systems CSU Country Support Unit IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood CTU COVID-19 Treatment Unit Illnesses DANIDA Danish International Development IMT Incident Management Team Agency IOM International Organization for DFID Department for International Migration Development IPC Infection Prevention and Control DPC Disease Prevention Cluster IRS Indoor Residual Spraying DRC Democratic Republic of Congo IVD Immunization Vaccine Development DTF District Task Force JUPSA Joint UN team on HIV/AIDS EFRIS Electronic Fiscal Receipting and KOICA Korea International Cooperation Invoicing Solutions Agency EMR Electronic Medical Record LLINs Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets EPI Expanded Program on Immunization MAF-TB Multisectoral Accountability ESPEN Expanded Special Project on Framework for TB Elimination of NTDs Annual Report 2020 VII MCH Maternal Child Health SARA Service Availability and Readiness MMHF Mayanja Memorial Hospital Assessment Foundation SDG Sustainable Development Goals MNCH Maternal Child Health SGBV Sexual Gender Based Vaccine/Violence MNH QoC Maternal New Health Quality of Care SMC Safe Male Circumcision MOV Missed Opportunities of Vaccination SOPs Standard Operating Procedures MRC Medical Research Council SRHR Sexual Reproductive & Human Rights MSH Management Sciences for Health TAT Turn Around Time MTR Midterm Review TB Tuberculosis NCDs Non-Communicable Diseases UAC Uganda AIDS Commission NHA National Health Accounts UDHS Uganda Demographic Health Survey NIPN National Information Platforms for UHC Universal Health Coverage Nutrition UMRESP Uganda Malaria
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